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Off Topic / Re: put the above person's reputation as a letter grade
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:31:58 PM »
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Off Topic / Re: its my bday
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:31:05 PM »
change to the title to "LEVEL 16 ACHIEVED" to piss everyone off
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Off Topic / Re: Not really how I expected to spend my mid-blizzard Monday morning.
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:27:36 PM »Are they alright?They are sleeping together on the couch right now. I think they're fine.
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Off Topic / Re: I ordered the Oculus Rift, and it should arrive today.
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:26:05 PM »If you're snowed in, doesn't that make it unlikely it'll be delivered.It's not extreme weather or anything. You can drive in it. UPS delivers in much worse conditons than this. It could only not be delivered if a flight is delayed or something.
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Off Topic / Not really how I expected to spend my mid-blizzard Monday morning.
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:23:01 PM »
Somehow, about an hour ago ago, my front door just flew open. It's blizzarding outside so I'm not sure if that was it. Both of my dogs (Golden retriever mixes, big) immediately sprinted out into the snow, and sprinted as far away from the house as they could get, in different directions.
Seeing as it's 8:30, blizzarding, about -4 degrees, I thought they would realize it's cold and run back to me. I went out, in jeans, a tshirt, and barefoot. I followed them through the snow for awhile until they eventually sprinted down the road in different directions. The only good thing about the weather is that there aren't any cars.
I decided I couldn't keep going like this and got a coat and shoes, then sprinted after them again. I had to go pretty far to find one, and I knew they couldn't find their way back from that far away. When I found the first dog (it had been about 10 minutes since they got out), it was lying on the sidewalk, covered in snow, shivering. It ran to me and I picked it up. I then hauled it all the way to the other one, further down the road.
They had both been shaved a few months previously, and are in no condition for this weather. It was lying down and shivering too. I picked it up and held them both in my hands. They are probably 20-30 pounds each so you can image how much fun that was to haul across the snow and ice. I just kinda collapsed on the sidewalk halfway back, and held them both by the collar while I rested. Keep in mind how difficult it is to haul 60 pounds back in the snow AFTER having to chase them both down.
I hauled them the rest of the way back home, then went to sleep. I couldn't feel my feet. It's about an hour later now that I'm posting this.
That was fun.
Seeing as it's 8:30, blizzarding, about -4 degrees, I thought they would realize it's cold and run back to me. I went out, in jeans, a tshirt, and barefoot. I followed them through the snow for awhile until they eventually sprinted down the road in different directions. The only good thing about the weather is that there aren't any cars.
I decided I couldn't keep going like this and got a coat and shoes, then sprinted after them again. I had to go pretty far to find one, and I knew they couldn't find their way back from that far away. When I found the first dog (it had been about 10 minutes since they got out), it was lying on the sidewalk, covered in snow, shivering. It ran to me and I picked it up. I then hauled it all the way to the other one, further down the road.
They had both been shaved a few months previously, and are in no condition for this weather. It was lying down and shivering too. I picked it up and held them both in my hands. They are probably 20-30 pounds each so you can image how much fun that was to haul across the snow and ice. I just kinda collapsed on the sidewalk halfway back, and held them both by the collar while I rested. Keep in mind how difficult it is to haul 60 pounds back in the snow AFTER having to chase them both down.
I hauled them the rest of the way back home, then went to sleep. I couldn't feel my feet. It's about an hour later now that I'm posting this.
That was fun.
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General Discussion / Re: Pass' DRPG Server
« on: January 06, 2014, 10:03:49 AM »don't tell me this. I can hardly code and if you would read the OP I didn't make the mod. I haven't seen you on the server all night, either.why don't you try and use the criticism you get rather than defending yourself. looking all through this topic all you do is try to defend yourself from and dispute people's criticism. they are trying to help. if they didn't want to they wouldn't be posting in the topic.
don't stick around? there were 45+ players on for a constant 3 hours until the server crashed.
of course i read the op, moron. I don't care if you made the mod or not (everyone knows you didn't make DRPG) it's still an awful gamemode. It's probably the best Blockland has but that is no excuse. You could take the easy way out and do some boring grindfest mmo or make an actually decent server.
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Off Topic / Re: I ordered the Oculus Rift, and it should arrive today.
« on: January 06, 2014, 09:53:18 AM »You should try to make it support Blockland.I really doubt that'd work well. Blockland isn't super immersive or anything and I can't imagine anyone would spend enough time to get it working.
Blockland + Oculus Rift = loving amazing.
edit: 500th post!
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Off Topic / Re: Anyone speak mandarin?
« on: January 06, 2014, 09:26:03 AM »
my brother can speak Hanyu Mandarin or whatever very easily. it's not an easy language to learn though. Alphabet-based languages are much easier.
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Off Topic / I showed the Oculus to employee's at my mom's office.
« on: January 06, 2014, 09:16:09 AM »
eeeeeee I'm so excited. I don't have to go to school since we are snowed in and it's about -4 degrees.
I think it looks great. It might not be practical for shooters and things but with all the neat demos and things I think it'll be awesome.
I'll update this topic when I get it.
UPDATE: IT ARRIVED
UPDATE: SETTING UP
UPDATE: JUST WENT ON A ROLLERCOASTER OH MY GOD
OPINIONS AFTER A FEW HOURS OF PLAY:
EDIT: SHOWING IT OFF TO LAWYERS
I think it looks great. It might not be practical for shooters and things but with all the neat demos and things I think it'll be awesome.
I'll update this topic when I get it.
UPDATE: IT ARRIVED
UPDATE: SETTING UP
The first thing I noticed was that the box was massive. Much bigger than I expected. Think briefcase size. I'm adjusting it right now, and it's really light. Maybe 2/3 of a pound.
This is annoying. The gears to adjust lens location go inwards, and require a screwdriver to use.
It's not terrible, just annoying. You need to get the lenses in the proper position for it to look nice, and you can't adjust them via screwdriver while looking through them. You have to take it off, adjust, put it on, adjust, take it off, adjust, put in on, until it finally looks perfect.
lol. I just had a ton of trouble getting it working. I followed all the instructions and troubleshooted for 20 minutes to see why the Rift wasn't displaying the game. I just found out that it's because I never pressed the power button.
Brilliant.
UPDATE: JUST WENT ON A ROLLERCOASTER OH MY GOD
Oh my god. I got the rollercoaster working with it and that was incredible. Leaning over the edge of the coaster and looking down was terrifying. It was also really bad when it plummeted straight down. Some bits made me jump, but nothing made me want to scream or anything like you see in the videos.
Also, about the pixels, I saw none at all during my time using it unintentionally. If you come out of focus and look for them they are very clearly visible, but if you just relax your eyes they can't be seen.
I did get a headache after that, and I'm gonna go rest now. Everything I read said that if you tried to push through it you'd be sick for hours, and you just had to take a break once it started.
OPINIONS AFTER A FEW HOURS OF PLAY:
Tried the Heli Hell Demo.
http://www.riftenabled.com/admin/app/13
This was the coolest demo I've tried so far. It's not the prettiest game but it gives you a really neat feeling of flying through the air, and I actually jumped backwards when I crashed into a tree. When you do a downwards barrel roll or anything like that it really gets you motion sick instantly. I had to take a break after crashing. Suggest things for me to play!
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My thoughts on it so far,
If anyone is concerned that it won't work with their glasses, the lenses are at an adjustable distance from your eyes. You can just press them back so that you and your glasses fit in fine. The pixels are not a problem at all for me. A higher resolution would be nice, because everything is a little bit blurry (especially off to the side of the screen) but it's amazing and it's really pretty impossible to describe without playing it.
It's a lot of fun, although it will get you sick the first few times you do it. I'll post some more about it once the novelty effect wears off.
EDIT: SHOWING IT OFF TO LAWYERS
So, my mom wanted me to do some tech support for some people at her office, since they are all 40-55 year old lawyers they aren't really that tech savvy.
Anyway, she called the school and told them I was sick so that I could come down to the office, where I helped them with some router trouble and fixed some people's computers. I brought the Oculus Rift with me, and showed it to some of her friends. The younger people I've shown it to (like my sister and myself and a young intern) didn't really freak out, but they did find it really cool. The older people like my mom and her friends screamed and freaked out, and had to take it off a few times mid demo.
It's been really fun sharing it with people.
(also, yaknow, no school.)
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General Discussion / Re: I have an RTB server. What do
« on: January 05, 2014, 11:44:47 PM »
"well i could put effort into a decent server or...
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General Discussion / Re: Pass' DRPG Server
« on: January 05, 2014, 11:41:49 PM »
pretty much anything with grinding is awful. try making people level up by completing quests or something.
i know its "realistic" but it's boring as hell and doesn't make people stick around.
i know its "realistic" but it's boring as hell and doesn't make people stick around.
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Drama / Re: Big Brolher - Fake Blockland Forums (Stealing keys?)
« on: January 05, 2014, 11:38:18 PM »
the form got deleted. :(
i wanted to apply
i wanted to apply
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General Discussion / Re: so i was just looking through some gallery threads when this happened
« on: January 05, 2014, 08:28:10 PM »
I tested all the images in that page. Kalphiter, at the bottom, posted an image of a waffle in a military outfit. Upon going to the image url "www (dot) gorillasushi (dot) com", Kaspersky started screaming at me and telling me it was an attack page.
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Off Topic / Re: my school has been cancelled tomorrow
« on: January 05, 2014, 07:08:42 PM »
it's been snowing all week over here. i'm out tommorrow too.
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General Discussion / Re: Img2brick for linux?
« on: January 05, 2014, 05:51:01 PM »
why are you even using image2brick it looks awful and it's obvious when people use it in gallery